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Newcastle and MILLWALL too...I need to see less performances like Fulham before I turn into a believer.
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Newcastle and MILLWALL too...I need to see less performances like Fulham before I turn into a believer.
I think we lack the players in all honesty, DCL helps as he softens up the opposition, but we lack a bit in physicality and battling in my opinion, also we lack clinical firepower. In these games if you get 2-3 opportunities you have to take them. Spurs Vs Brighton last night is the perfect example, Eriksen was the difference, we would be drawing that game at our stage of development.
These teams are going to dog, kick and grock you, make it uncomfortable and wont let you trigger your quality. They will be tight and try and contain you with 10 men behind the ball and you might only get 2-3 chances. Battling, winning that battle and triggering your quality and taking one of your 2-3 chances is a must, not sure they are our key attributes, counter attacking yes, but not the former.
These teams only route to success is making it difficult for better teams and containing them, we haven't developed through that yet.
Yes we can’t win every game I accept that. But we were 7th at the time and Watford were 12th. It was a game we should have won, especially how we started the game.Absolutely ludicrous to call a draw with a team above us in the league ‘unacceptable’. Proper kopite behaviour to be demanding we should win every game against teams who don’t have our history, have a word with yourself.
The half a season boys are right IMO.
I mean if you consider the good results we have had, its literally 3 games.
I think half a season is a bit kind to be honest.
Premier League Standings (Games played, goal difference, points)
Week 14 - 2nd December 2018
1. Manchester City: 14, 12, +37, 38
2. Liverpool: 14, 11, +22, 36
3. Chelsea: 14, 9, +19, 31
4. Arsenal: 14, 9, +14, 30
5. Tottenham Hotspur: 14, 10, +10, 30
6. Everton: 14, 6, +4, 22
7. Manchester United: 14, 6, -1, 22
8. Leicester City: 14, 6, +3, 21
9. Bournemouth: 14, 6, +2, 20
10. Watford: 14, 6, -2, 20
11. Brighton & Hove Albion: 14, 5, -4, 18
12. Wolverhampton Wanderers: 14, 4, -4, 16
13. West Ham United: 14, 4, -5, 15
14. Crystal Palace: 14, 3, -7, 12
15. Newcastle United: 14, 3, -8, 12
16. Cardiff City: 14, 3, -14, 11
17. Huddersfield Town: 14, 2, -15, 10
18. Southampton: 14, 1, -14, 9
19. Burnley: 14, 2, -16, 9
20. Fulham: 14, 2, -21, 8
Premier League Standings (Games played, goal difference, points)
Week 30 - 9th March 2019
1. Manchester City 30, +58, 74
2. Liverpool 29, +49, 70
3. Tottenham Hotspur 30, +25, 61
4. Manchester United 29, +20, 58
5. Arsenal 29, +22, 57
6. Chelsea 28, +19, 56
7. Wolverhampton Wanderers 29, +2, 43
8. Watford 30, -2, 43
9. West Ham United 30, -6, 39
10. Leicester 30, -4, 38
11. Everton 30, -1, 37
12. Bournemouth 30, -13, 37
13. Newcastle United 30, -9, 34
14. Crystal Palace 30, -5, 33
15. Brighton 29, -10, 33
16. Southampton 30, -16, 30
17. Burnley 29, -21, 30
18. Cardiff City 30, -30, 28
19. Fulham 30, -40, 17
20. Huddersfield Town 30, -38, 14
Your argument rests on the basis that this is a very good squad, when clearly we have almost a very good first team - when all are available and there to be called on. Add to that we are minus a striker who can score regularly - a deficiency Silva has had to manage with all season. In short: it's not a squad that we should expect to break into the top 6 with...which is the only place we can go at the moment.
Then there's the question of what the DoF handed Silva to do this season after the last two failed managers had shorn us of any sort of method or style of play. We now have that methodology in place. We have our identity back as a team and the players are buying into that, as per Coleman's interview post United game.
I just dont see how much more Silva could be expected reasonably to do. It feels like you've painted yourself into a corner on this. I know that feeling well enough.
- Starting XI age down
- Good style of football in place, but pragmatic when need be
- Ability to beat top 6 clubs confirmed
- On course for a reasonable 50 odd point tally
- Plan to add a striker and to address other key positions for next season in place
We're 15 points off top 6 and next season we either should narrow that gap significantly to 4/5 points or overtake one of them and crash the top 6.Think you’re pretty spot on mate, just think a lot of people are still angry over Milwall and the fact that we haven’t re-established ourselves at 7th minimum.
I’m really hopeful for next season though, 2-3 quality additions, get back to Goodison being a fortress as the basis for our season and I can see us really kicking on.
Exactly MG. I wish it was different but there is just no getting away from the fact that we had a shambolic run of almost half a season where we amassed just 15 points out of a possible 51. There were a few frustrating results and performances prior to week 14 too so it probably is over half a season as you say. Three recent good performances is great and just what we needed but cannot change the fact of how poor the season has been as a whole.
Just to put it to bed completely for anyone still doubting it, here is the Premier League Table as of the 2nd December 2018 - Week 14 - https://bleacherreport.com/articles...standings-after-sundays-premier-league-scores
And here is the Premier League table as of week 30 in March 2019 i.e 17 games/ 51 points later - https://bleacherreport.com/articles...k-30-scores-updated-2019-premier-league-table
You're ludicrous. "17 consecutive games" that started off with a game against Liverpool that every neutral felt we did enough to at least earn a point from, and ending with another draw against Liverpool and an away win against Cardiff 3-0....(a game anyone with any sense has identified as THE point the rot was stopped in the TWO MONTH long slump). The slump lasted from the City game on 15th December to the Watford game on 9th February. Roughly 7 weeks.
If you wish to go on calling it "half a season", be my guest.
We had our biggest away win for 30-odd years during the slump as well.
You're ludicrous. "17 consecutive games" that started off with a game against Liverpool that every neutral felt we did enough to at least earn a point from, and ending with another draw against Liverpool and an away win against Cardiff 3-0....(a game anyone with any sense has identified as THE point the rot was stopped in the TWO MONTH long slump). The slump lasted from the City game on 15th December to the Watford game on 9th February. Roughly 7 weeks.
If you wish to go on calling it "half a season", be my guest.
Need to aim or top 4 next season, what's the difference in finishing 5th - 7th when they get you into the same competition?
It’s a catch 22 situation. If we have aspirations to break into the top 6, we would be better served not being in the Europa league. However being in Europe might entice a better standard of player to join the club, which would help us achieve our aim.need to be realistic at the same time
think our aim for next season should be top 6, breaking into that is still far away at the minute, if/when we do that we have come a long way